Monday, January 17, 2011

It's Hot Buttered Rum Day!

It's National Hot Buttered Rum Day, and to celebrate I'm sharing an 18th century receipt with you. It's not some watered-down abomination with sugar and butter "optional".  Use real maple syrup, butter, cider (NOT clear juice) and dark rum, and you have a drink that will relax a gerbil high on meth.

For one:

1 cup cider
1 Tbsp maple syrup
3/4 teaspoon butter
1/4 cup rum

For two:

2 cups cider
1/8 cup maple syrup
11/2 teaspoon butter
1/2 cup rum

For a group:

4 cups cider
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 Tbsp butter
1 cup rum

For a crowd:

8 cups cider
1 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup butter
1 quart rum
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7 comments:

  1. doubletroubleJanuary 17, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    I'm goin' straight for the "crowd" size, methinks...

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  2. bluesunJanuary 17, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    Ah, man. I am out of black rum and my maple syrup is back home in colorado...

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  3. karleenJanuary 18, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    Dang it! I should have added cider to the shopping list!

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  4. Mike W.January 18, 2011 at 5:22 PM

    Has there been extensive meth-addled gerbil testing done? If so, were any gerbils harmed during the testing? ;)

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  5. Nancy R.January 18, 2011 at 5:36 PM

    I can neither confirm nor deny having any gerbils sample this beverage. I *can* tell you it is worth the trip to the store for the ingredients. I can also tell you to drink it before it gets cold and the butter solidifies again.

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  6. MichaelJanuary 21, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    What would be the correct way to get it hot? Mix it all together and then heat it up? Heat the cider and then mix the rest of the ingredients?

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  7. Nancy R.January 21, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    At home, I throw the cider, syrup and butter in a mug and microwave it until hot and then stir the rum in last. But I don't think it really matters and long as you set the rum ablaze over an open fire.

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